Puri masala is a popular Indian dish made with deep-fried bread (puri) and a spicy potato-based filling (masala). It is commonly served as a breakfast or snack item in India. To make puri masala, the puris are made by mixing wheat flour, salt, and water to form a smooth dough. The dough is then rolled into small rounds and deep-fried until they puff up and become golden brown.
To make the masala filling, boil, peel, and mash potatoes. Sauté onions, chilies, ginger, and garlic. Add spices and cook. Mix in mashed potatoes. Break the puris, fill with masala, and garnish. Puri masala is a popular Indian street food enjoyed with chutney or pickle.
Poori Potato Masala
4
servings15
minutes15
minutesA classic breakfast dish made with maida and potato
Ingredients
- For Poori
Wheat flour – 2 cups
Maida – ½ cup
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Cooking soda – a pinch
Oil for deep frying
- For Potato Masala
Potato – 4 Nos
Onion – Big 1 No
Tomato – 1 No
Green Chillies – 4
Fresh ginger – a small piece
Curry leaves – few
Coriander Leaves – few
Lemon Juice – 1 teaspoon
Mustard – ½ teaspoon
Urad dhal – 1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Oil – 1 tablespoon
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Directions
- Poori
- Mix wheat flour, maida, salt, cooking soda and a tablespoon of oil together. Add water little by little and make a smooth dough. Cover with a damp cloth and keep it for at least half an hour.
- Heat Oil in a kadai and keep it in medium flame. Make small balls from the dough and roll it to small circles. The poori should not be too thin or too thick. Put the poori in the hot oil and fry till fluff well and change to light yellow.
- Potato Masala
- Boil potato till very soft. Remove the skin and using your fingers, just crumble it.
- Chop the onion, tomato, green chillies and ginger finely.
- In a kadai put the oil and when it is hot add mustard. When it pops up add urad dhal and fry till it become light brown.
- Add chopped onion, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves and fry till the onions are transparent.
- Add tomato pieces and fry till it mashed well. Add crumbled potato along with salt and turmeric powder.
- Sprinkle a handful of water and mix well.
- Remove from stove. Add lemon juice and stir once again. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
- You can also add a handful of cooked green peas and a small carrot cut into pieces along with potato and make this Masala.
Potato masala is a popular Indian dish made with boiled potatoes, spices, and herbs.